Senate roll call 54 · 26th Congress · Mar 16, 1840
To postpone the resolution s.r. 4, until march 30, providing that the President of the Senate and the speaker of the house of rep. Do adjourn their respective h
On Mar 16, 1840, the Senate voted 22–18. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–8, Others 4–10. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 26th Congress (1839–1840), Martin Van Buren was president.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Mar 16, 1840
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 8 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 10 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL voted no
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR voted no
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA voted no
- Alexander Mouton D-LA voted no
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA voted no
- John Ruggles D-ME voted no
- John Norvell D-MI voted no
- James Buchanan D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clement Comer Clay D-AL
- Alfred Cuthbert D-GA
- John McCracken Robinson D-IL
- Richard Montgomery Young D-IL
- Albert Smith White O-IN
- Oliver Hampton Smith O-IN
- Reuel Williams D-ME
- Lewis Fields Linn D-MO
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Bedford Brown D-NC
- Robert Strange D-NC
- Henry Hubbard D-NH
- Garret Dorset Wall D-NJ
- Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge O-NY
- Silas Wright Jr. D-NY
- Benjamin Tappan D-OH
- William Allen D-OH
- Daniel Sturgeon D-PA
- Alexander Outlaw Anderson D-TN
- Felix Grundy D-TN
- William Henry Roane D-VA
- Samuel Shethar Phelps O-VT
How each senator voted: No
- William Rufus de Vane King D-AL
- Ambrose Hundley Sevier D-AR
- Thomas Clayton O-DE
- Wilson Lumpkin D-GA
- Henry Clay O-KY
- Alexander Mouton D-LA
- Robert Carter Nicholas D-LA
- Daniel Webster O-MA
- John Davis O-MA
- William Duhurst Merrick O-MD
- John Ruggles D-ME
- Augustus Seymour Porter O-MI
- John Norvell D-MI
- John Henderson O-MS
- Samuel Lewis Southard O-NJ
- James Buchanan D-PA
- Nathan Fellows Dixon O-RI
- Samuel Prentiss O-VT
Did not vote
- William Savin Fulton D-AR
- Jabez Williams Huntington O-CT
- Perry Smith D-CT
- Thaddeus Betts O-CT
- Richard Henry Bayard O-DE
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Isaac Chapman Bates O-MA
- Rufus Choate O-MA
- John Leeds Kerr O-MD
- John Selby Spence O-MD
- Robert John Walker D-MS
- William Alexander Graham O-NC
- Willie Person Mangum O-NC
- Franklin Pierce D-NH
- Nehemiah Rice Knight O-RI
- John Caldwell Calhoun D-SC
- William Campbell Preston O-SC
- Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D-TN
- Hugh Lawson White O-TN
- William Cabell Rives O-VA
Other votes
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